Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City